Signed

My informal "signs" project continue, and here are a few more photographs for consideration ...

What does this sign mean ? No parents and children ? 

Saw this one in Paris

I've posted a different view of this sign previously, here. The trees would have to be fairly low here for this sign to be of value - it is resting on the pavement.

Countdown Continued

That Olympics countdown clock in Trafalgar Square here in London has a constant stream of visitors using it as a backdrop for photos of themselves. At times there is almost a queue.

New Year is a few weeks away - the Square usually fills with 1000's of people welcoming the new year at midnight on Dec31st. I wonder if this clock will be the only one to have a night off ?

Another Day in Paris

Spent another very pleasant day in Paris last week, again courtesy of my frequent flyer airmiles. A rather colder day than the last time - wintry and very overcast - unlike in September when there was nothing but very blue skies and 30 degrees plus. You may have seen my post on that day here.

Didn't think I'd manage to get many images given the light this time, but uprated the iso to 800 (rather than the 200 which is my usual.) Visited a part of the city which I hadn't been too for many years - the Centre Pompidou - where I captured this sequence ...

 Wonder if I could have photographed a similar sequence on London ? The powers that be in London seem to consider the pigeons as pests.

A not so Green Park

I've been to New England many times during the months of September, October and November amd am thus aware of the spectacular Fall colours (should that be colors ?) that occur there at that time of year. You don'thave to look that hard. And if the light is good ( and it is frequently ) the word "spectacular" doesn't do it justice. Whilst I'm sure there are similar colours to be found amongst the foliage in Autumn here in the UK (can someone please tell me where?) I have yet to find any ..... but late Autumn was very much in abundance in Green Park (it is in cental London) a few days ago. Bright sunshine, blue skies and at 16 degrees C, almost a warm day.

Almost a two tone park - green and brown - with the brown just about dominating the colour palette. And muted, despite the sun light. A rather different colour experience to Fall in New England, but just as enjoyable,

Traditional Show in London

Last Saturday saw another Lord Mayor's Show - one of the oldest processions in a city in the world - around the City of London, and it is very traditional. It begins near the Guildhall, which is where I looked for images this year. Shame the light was so poor - at least at street level. Still, I managed to get a few images ....

The Countdown Continues

The countdown to the 2012 Olympic Games here in London continues, and this is being marked by an offical clock in Trafalgar Square. You may have read a previous countdown post here. The clock is being used by visitors to the Square as a backdrop for some portraits ....

Walk in the Park

Had a very pleasant walk in Richmond Park the other afternoon, in search of some Autumn colours. I've been to New England this time of year and seen the spectacular Fall colours they have there. So perhaps my expectations were too high - while Richmond Park is a great place to be, there isn't very much in the way of serious Autumn colour. How boring. I did manage to to capture some images and here are a selection.....

 

The blue skies with a little cloud made up for the lack of seasonal colour. Shame about the noise of the aircraft coming into land in nearby Heathrow.

A Few Signs More

I have a few more entries for my informal "signs" project.

Any clues as to what I should not ?

I haven't got a clue what this is supposed to mean. And am not sure that I care either.

Presumably the trees are so low that you have to be lying on the pavement, and then you can read the warning sign ?

Probably not my best efforts, photographically speaking. The only one of the above which is at least  part way interesting the carving on the bark, which has a little side light and texture. 

Day Trip to Paris

I've been collecting Airmiles with my grocery shopping for a good few years now - it is a loyalty card scheme and when you have collected enough points ("airmiles") you can trade them for a free flight. Anyways the scheme I'm in is changing and soon the travel taxes and some addons with be excluded. Thought I'd use what I had left before it changed and so I took a day trip to Paris last week, an early flight over from Heathrow to CDG and a late return on the same day. And what a day to go - wall to wall blue skies and the temperature pushing 30 degrees C - and this was September 30th. Autumn or what ?

The photos here were taken near the Eiffel Tower, mostly on  the other side of the Seine. I was looking at some of visitors rather than the more famous "sights". And yes, the last shot is a Statue of Liberty, it is located on the Île aux Cygnes.